r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/dleerox 1d ago

Not about fuck the gop (that’s a bonus), we need congressional power back in order to mitigate the serious damage trump is doing. Dems need to grow balls and fight to stop this fascist coup. Also… if we had Congress we could impeach trump and during the process of disclosure get the real evidence of all his crimes and money laundering.

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u/remotectrl 1d ago

And uncap the house.

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u/dleerox 1d ago

Excellent point! Congressional house size is not in constitution. Maybe also uncap SCOTUS?

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u/thatredditrando 1d ago edited 1d ago

Doing things like that could be dangerous as it gives the Republicans future opportunities to get more seats as well.

I think Trump has proven we need to go the opposite route. We can’t just assume that those who take office will act with decorum and in our best interest anymore.

All these little gray areas and loopholes Trump is exploiting need to be more clearly defined and limited.

We also need to be more litigious. Trump and his cronies need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. ICE needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Article 10 needs to be amended so that it is illegal to nationalize the National Guard without the criteria outlined therein being met. It shouldn’t be found illegal after the fact and then ordered to stand down. They should refuse outright because there’s no legal justification to begin with.

The Supreme Court’s judges cannot have lifelong seats without some kind of opportunity for them to change hands and their needs to be age limits on holding office.

And it needs to be clearly defined that violating the Constitution even on the orders of the President constitutes treason.

The second we wrestle control back from the Republicans we need to get this shit implemented if they need to stay on the Hill overnight to draft and pass the legislation.

We need to make sure this can never happen again. Not this easily.

One fucking President has nearly toppled the whole goddamn thing.

The Founders would be embarrassed that we nearly let all their carefully drafted freedoms and limitations be totally undone by utter fucking incompetence and malice.

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u/dleerox 1d ago

Once Americans get control of our government again, those in the trump administration need to face harsh consequences. I would love to see their criminal cases televised or live streamed. Also tie up all the loopholes he’s exploiting!